> Removing international students will also have big flow on negative effects for the rest of the economy.

It will. Because guess what, these students are working jobs (mostly in hospitality) no one else wants to work. Businesses no longer able to find staff.

I agree. The solution isn't cutting overseas students. The solution is to build more houses. To build more houses get more construction workers (who can coincidentally also build houses for themselves).

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commandersaki 38 minutes ago | parent [-]

Nobody wants those jobs because they're illegally paying below award wage and the work conditions are substandard. Domiciled Australians (rightfully) expect fair wage and decent working conditions.

	▲	seanmcdirmid 21 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Just do what Singapore does and import migrant construction crews from China or India (or other south Asian countries). You get the standard 33 story concrete blocks that they can build cheaply, and your housing problems are solved. You can even turn them into pseudo public housing (again like Singapore does). I think in most of the west construction jobs are so incredibly protected and regulated, they just can’t seem to build anything anymore.